Why is it important to take a closer look at the patterns of language, or discourse, in the conversations in Reading Recovery teachers' lessons? Conversations occur throughout the lesson as teachers communicate with children and are not limited to a procedural component of the lesson related to composing. Teachers' theories of the world, literacy…

This guide offers guidance to college instructors about working with students who have communication-related disabilities including speech, language, hearing, emotional, or medical disorders. It offers some general accommodation strategies including a statement in the syllabus encouraging students to discuss any special needs with you, ask the…

The central purpose of this study was to determine the effect of training of teachers in the use of elements and sequences of strategies for content development through classroom communication behaviors. (Author/RK)

Author described his summer experiences as a teacher in Newfoundland and how these experiences helped him place his values and self-concepts into better perspective. (Author/RK)

A study of college students' judgments of courses and teachers, with a factor analysis by class year. (CH)

The PEACESAT project for interconnecting classrooms of colleges in the Pacific Basin was tried for the first time in June and July, 1971, between two campuses of the University of Hawaii. The experimenters found that, while classroom interconnection by satellite produces some frustrations, it has infinite possibilities. (Author)

In this study a significant relationship was found to exist between teachers' philosophy of human nature and nonverbal behavior used by teachers in the classroom. Specifically, high PHN teachers tended to use nonverbal communication of an indirect nature, while low PHN teachers tended to use nonverbal communication of a direct nature. (Author)

Without uttering a sound a teacher can indicate he dislikes papers written with dull pencils, likes poetry, or prefers boy students. Without a single word he can convey that he thinks a student is dumb, smart, pretty, ugly, dirty, or unimportant. And the child gets the message! (Authors)

Purpose of the article is to provide a working format, or structure, for a positive approach toward helping the teacher understand and control classroom discipline at the psychological verbal level. (Authors)

Examines one section of "The Review of Research in Education" for 1983 for ideas or information helpful to reading teachers. (FL)

Describes a study which compared the amount of art-related and non-art-related conversations between students and teachers in upper-elementary art classes. Findings showed that non-art related conversations took 68 percent of class time. The author discusses the purpose, appropriate subjects, and timing of effective art-related, teacher-student…

This article provides classroom teachers with background on the problem of stuttering and with suggestions for making the stuttering child comfortable in the classroom. (SJL)

Describes a study of classroom interaction by Jules Henry, a noted anthropologist. (DD)